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Electrical certificates of compliance, main page

Electrical certificates of compliance are the property seller's responsibility.

The property seller pays for the inspection, which (I repeat) must be done by an accredited person. An electrical certificate cannot be issued by anybody who is not registered with the Electrical Contracting Board (SA).

Most installations that have not been tampered with by any unqualified persons, are usually (reasonably) safe and will require very little remedial work (if any) to bring them up to scratch.

PS: If you, as the property owner, haven't tampered with your installation at all, but find yourself having to pay for remedial work a few years after you've bought the property, you should look up the electrician's number on the certificate (hopefully you've filed it away) and insist that he come back and fix the problem at his expense. Remember that you bought the property in good faith that the electrical wiring was (and still should be) compliant, therefore you should not have to pay to fix defective work that should of been inspected by a competent person, and fixed at the previous owner's expense.

When is a certificate not required?

This has caused some confusion in the industry, but essentially the Act says the following. If the installation existed prior to October 1992, and no additions or alterations in respect of that installation were done, and it has not changed ownership since January 1994, then a CoC is NOT required. The problem is that electrical wiring deteriorates over time -- so it's always a good precaution to have it inspected. Why? Because a valid electrical certificate will effectively indemnify you, as the seller, from any further responsibility with regards to the installation.



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